To start with, there's the voltage thing. What isn't just as over-age and non-compliant with current FRA regulations? metralink <metralink@...> wrote:...
How about this car: http://world.nycsubway.org/perl/show?85427 In certain territory it runs on third rail DC. Change the bus from the pans to feed the DC...
The Illinois State Legislature has failed to approve a new capital funding package to replace the expired "First Illinois" program - state funding is needed...
Middleton, When the Steam Roads Electrified, 2nd ed., attributes the failure of electrification to take hold in large part to the failure to standardize. There...
... failure of electrification to take hold in large part to the failure to standardize. There were various systems of different voltage and frequency, not...
Yup, forgot about those, guess I don't consider those as NEC equipment but in fact they are (actually NEC trains operate over their railroad). All the Mx (x...
... I didn't know about the contract compliance audit; interesting. I'm of two minds. On the one hand, the Highliners aren't an ideal design. No regenerative...
The Cosmos are about as old as the Highliners. Why go to the trouble for conversion and inherit whatever problems other cars may have? With the existing...
Adam- I agree with your comments completely on the Highliners. I worked for the IC when the original Highliners were obtained, and I observed the many...
Let's see how many stones I can get with one bird: 1) Harvey is right, the Cosmos are old I was thinking of a quick fix but think the passenger boarding might...
Eugene- You got to realize that the Nippon-Sharyo Highliners delivered to Metra came first (Metra only would consider four doors instead of six because of the...
For all the faults iterated in this thread, the Highliners still have high seating capacity and provide more seats for a 6-car train. The weight per seat is...
Stephen, I'm second-guessing NICTD, but I gotta think the extra end doors were for one crew for adjacent doors and traps for low-level stations. The center...
... We shouldn't choose. One set of equipment appropriate for the south suburbs, another set for the closely-space in-city main line stations and the two ...
... Metra came first (Metra only would consider four doors instead of six because of the FRA - no one ever though about putting the two extra door in the back...
If you want acceleration, pay the electric bill. I think it's fine. This is circling to a previous thread with the same opinions. Now the interesting comment...
... You forgot about the separate FRA mandate for corner posts, which Metra said intruded too far into the old cab area, leaving less room for the passenger ...
... Metra officials have told me Metra won't buy from Bombardier, something about disliking the aluminum body shell. I don't have a good understanding of what...
Looking to the future - Run the "Gray Line" area stations with a single level car with a Cosmopolitan type door arrangement. Run the far suburban stations with...
The Bombardier car with the high level door configuration is similar to that used extensively in Europe, Asia, and Australia. The emu version usually entails...
Assuming 140 and 120 seats respectively, the difference between center doors alone and two end vestibules and center doors is one minute for the entire run. ...
This story was sent to you by: Dennis M. Linsky ... Train conductor held in 1981 strangling of young Aurora woman ... By Gerry Smith Chicago Tribune reporter ...
Harvey (below) is right. NICTD did state that they need traps at the end of the car so that a trainman can load two cars at low platforms. That wasn't possible...
Does anyone know the precise location of this famous train wreck? Thanks, -Bob Matter Hammond, IN From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagenbeck-Wallace_Circus : ...
... I wonder how the use of traps rather than lifts isn't an ADA violation. There's no such concept as temporarily inaccessible station, unless it's part of...
Here is some info that may help Great Circus Train Wreck of 1918 at 3:56 a. m. on June 22nd, 1918 near Hammond, Indiana ____________________________________ ...
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Please Forward to Others Who Might be Interested The next monthly meeting of CTA - Citizens Taking Action, for transit dependent riders, will be on Monday,...
I guess Adam is referring to Metra Electric's local stations in four-track territory on the rare occasions when a local train is operated on the express...
I never even knew there was an "Ivanhoe," Indiana, and I've lived here for 50+ years! Looking on Microsoft Streets and Trips 2001 I see it labeled just east of...
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